• itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    It would also be the end of NATO and probably the rest of the world. That’s why it’s called mutually assured destruction. But it seems like recently policy makers are forgetting that

    • efstajas@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      That’s exactly the point. Why would Russia send nukes if it knows it’ll be destroyed in retribution?

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        They know they can get a few off if they sacrafice a few Russian cities. Which Putin does not care about. He’ll watch them be vaporized if he thinks he can land a death blow on any major western powers.

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              8 months ago

              The poster said he would sacrifice a few cities to take down a western power. He could do that now.

                • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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                  8 months ago

                  The criteria given by the other poster for Putin to use nukes is currently met. So using their logic, he should launch them now. I’m asking why he doesn’t.

                  • aidan@lemmy.world
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                    8 months ago

                    The criteria given by the other poster for Putin to use nukes is currently met. So using their logic, he should launch them now.

                    Necessary criteria isn’t the same as motivating criteria.

        • dan1101@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          Yep depends on how much fear and hatred Putin has for the west and how much he actually cares about his own people.

      • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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        8 months ago

        “Russia” as a whole wouldn’t want that. But there’s only one guy in charge of everything.